Lamine Yamal: The touching story behind the celebration of the “wonder child” of world football

Lamine Yamal. A name that even the last football fan has learned by heart was unaware its existence until Tuesday night.

Shortly before turning 17, it would not be an exaggeration to claim that he is living the ultimate dream of every teenager of his age, being the top face of this year’s Euro 2024 event.

Specifically, in age 16 years and 362 daysmanaged to become the youngest goalscorer in the history of the tournament, making the whole planet talk with his epic goal against France, sending his country’s national team into Sunday’s grand final and Kylian Mbappe’s side on the canvas.

And yet, the “whiz kid” of Spain and Barcelona, ​​this 16-year-old child of immigrants with braces honors his roots and does not forget where he came from.

Thus, it is not rare that he celebrates by honoring the neighborhood where he grew up. More specifically, he forms with his fingers a 3, a 0 and a 4 (304). Its last three digits postal code of the Rocafonda neighborhood (08304), one of the poorest neighborhoods in Catalonia, which the far-right VOX called a “multicultural dunghill”.

Despite their poverty, however, the neighbors helped Yamal’s family when he had no money for the train ticket to take him to training.

Nas comemoraracoes de gols, Lamine Yamal faz um “304” com as maos.

What does 304 mean?

This number represents the last digits of the postal code of your neighborhood, Rocafonda. Que e considerados uma das areas mais pobres da Catalunha.

Essa area inclusive, ja foi classifieda como… pic.twitter.com/KWmkN0ICK4

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Source: skai.gr